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Old 08-14-2012
i writing a unix script but i want to out put a file and append on it.
i have an existing script that is used to send an e-mail containing the alrams that appear on the server.
But i need to create a daily log file containing all the alarms that was send that day.

i tired to add at the and of the script a command, echo command but for some reason the file was never created can any one help plz Smilie


echo $x >> alarms_export_date.txt


echo $x >> alarms_export_`date +%Y-%m-%d`.txt

were x is the variable that contains the alarm.
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Old 08-14-2012
Show more of the script. It's possible it exits before then.
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